Back in the mid-80's to early 90's I was going thru the card show circuit getting a 1969 Met team picture autographed by all pictured team members (at the time everyone was still living except manager Gil Hodges). Also I wanted to get all notables from the Brave and Oriole teams the Mets beat in the post season. When I got Frank Robinson to sign, once he saw the picture, I got a look that could kill. At a later show, when I got Art Shamsky to sign, he was saying that he hit his 1st major league homer as a pinch hitter for Robinson. The previous inning while the Reds were in the field Robinson injured his arm but remained in the game until the teams changed sides, then went into the trainer's room and was done for the game.
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